The 1st Round Matches not involving play-ins or CCup3 finalists must have their games created, joined, and exchanged by Sunday May 26, 2013 (this announcement will go out as soon as the draw is completed).

The 1st Round Matches involving play-ins or CCup3 finalists must have their games created, joined, and exchanged within 14 days of the play-in or CCup3 finals (as the case may be) being DECIDED. So even if the matches are still ongoing, once the winner is known (for sure), the clock will start ticking. The CDs will ensure this schedule and will use forfeits if necessary to gain compliance.

As for the rest of the schedule, we really don't want to guess. So each subsequent match must have their games created, joined, and exchanged within 14 days of the match-up being set.

The Conquerors Cup is now an Official CC Clan Event and as such the CD's have been able to secure premium prizes to award to the winning clan, 1 month per eligible clan member and we will also be awarding overall Medals to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place Clans.

This will be a multi-clan, bracket style, single elimination clan war tournament. We are guessing the challenge will consist of 30-40 clans (possibly more). We will take however many sign up as long as they meet eligibility. Clans will be seeded before the tournament starts. Brackets will be a mix of seeded and random. Top 16 clans will be seeded. All others will be randomized. If we have more than 32 clans sign up, then as many play-in games matches will take place as we need to get a 32 clan bracket by the randomized clans. The winner of the finals will be the winner of the Conqueror's Cup. The loser of the finals will take 2nd place. The two clans who lose the semi finals will play a clan war the same as the finals for 3rd place.

Clan EligibilityTo sign up for the Conqueror's Cup, each clan must meet the following criteria.

-Must be members of the CDF-and must demonstrate adequate ability to carry on a war (organizer experience, etc.)

To sign up, the clan leader must post the clan name in this thread along with a 1st and 2nd contact.

Player EligibilityWe will be playing with an amended "cup tied" rule. The rules will be as follows:

-If a player plays for a clan in a given round, they are cup-tied for that round and cannot play for another clan in that round -If the old clan of a player loses the round in which the player has played, that player is considered "eliminated" with their old clan and cannot play for another clan for the rest of the tournament-If the old clan of a player wins the last round in which the player has played with them, then they are not considered cup-tied at the conclusion of that war and are free to play with any other clan at the beginning of the next round of the tournament

Every clan will need to post a numbered list of all of their active members that can easily be copied and pasted before the start of their first war, for example:

The play-in clan wars (games before the round of 32) as well as the first round of the Conqueror's Cup will use the following format:

- 41 total games- 12 doubles- 14 triples- 14 quads- Each clan member can only participate in 15 games per clan war- The 41st game will be Trips on Classic, sunny, chained, no spoils

Clan wars in the round of 16 and the quarter finals of the Conqueror's Cup will use the following format:

- 61 total games- 20 doubles- 20 triples- 20 quads- Each clan member can only participate in 20 games per clan war- The 61st game will be Trips on Classic, sunny, chained, no spoils

The semi-finals and finals of the Conqueror's Cup will use the following format:

- 60 total games- 20 doubles- 20 triples- 20 quads- Each clan member can only participate in 20 games per clan war

Any players can play in the tie-breaker games in the semi finals and finals even if they have already played in their allotted number of games for that clan war, however, no player can play in more than 2 of the games. Maps cannot be reused in the tie breaker games.

As has been allowed in the past, each clan war can adjust the rules slightly to their liking if both clans agree on the adjusted rules before any games are started and they get the CD's approval.

Settings

-Trench is permitted to a maximum of 20% of home games, but individual wars can negotiate a higher figure if they wish-30 Rounds For Trench games-12 hour Fog of War Rule - see below-For the Final or Semi, In case of a tie, there will be a 7 game tie breaker with each clan choosing three games of any game type and settings. The last game will be Trips on Random, sunny, chained, no spoils.- Each map can only be used twice per clan per clan war but can only be used once per game type (i.e. once for triples and once for quads) -Nukes and Unlimited forts are allowed with no restrictions.-There will be no freestyle, speed, manual deployments & beta map games allowed- Each clan will pick the map and settings for exactly half of the games. Excluding the tiebreaker

MiscellaneousAny deemed abuse should be brought to the attention of the Cup Organisers immediately.

The 12 hour Fog of war rule will not be enforced automatically. If two clans wish to use it (as a gentleman's agreement) then this must be done in advance of the round in which they play one another (there will be no penalties for not using it nor will there be any enforcement of the gentleman's agreement by cup officials if it is breached). Games will not be re-made and results will not be changed.

Deliberately timing out in Escalating and Nuclear games to avoid taking a spoil will not be tolerated by any players.

This is not a common occurrence and we do not expect to see it happen at all but a rule should be in place to prevent abuse.

If a team breaks this rule the game must be re-made. (unless the wronged clan want the game to stand)

If a clan repeatedly breaks the rule then an escalating scale of punishment will apply.

Decisions of the cup organisers are final.

Clans submitting entry to the cup are deemed to have agreed to the rules.

For each clan war, the higher ranked clan will setup a thread to run that particular match. PLEASE PUT "[CC4]" (STANDS FOR CONQUEROR'S CUP 4) AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TITLE FOR EACH CLAN WAR. All games should be created using gaming privileges for each clan war. All game links should be kept up in the thread created for that clan match. Games should be sent 10 at a time from each clan (20 games total) for each round and sent by the date specified on the schedule.

If someone feels a player has violated the number of games they are allowed to participate in, please bring it to the CD's attention. If they are found in violation, the opposing team will get to pick any games that the offending player was in from the last batch played equal to the number of games the went over the limit to restart without that player participating.

When games are sent, they must already be created and fully joined by the home team. Once home games are sent, the away clan has 5 full days to fill the games. If your opponent is late on either sending/joining home games or joining games please notify the CD's immediately. There will be some leniency on running late, we will work out a date with the clans involved and set a date that games must be sent/joined by. If a clan is still late in sending/joining home games or joining games they will forfeit 1 game per day late. The opposing team will choose which game they forfeit from the batch of games in question (i.e. if a clan sends their home games 1 day late, the opposing team will choose one of those games the late clan forfeits once they receive them). The CD's will be checking the forums for every clan match to make sure they are being kept up properly, sent and joined on time, and the playing rules are being upheld. However, if any clan feels their opponents have broken a rule they should bring it to our attention immediately.

I have pm'd the clans regarding the play-ins and have now posted on the walls of the clan leaders for the clans that are supposed to be starting the threads. We would like to be getting the play-ins underway by the end of the week. Thanks to HH and AQOH for getting their fight on so quickly!

chemefreak wrote:SECOND RANDOM DRAW will occur in the next week or so...

Well, next week has come and almost gone.

I said "or so"! The random draw will be next Saturday. We wanted to do it Sunday but it is Mother's Day. We will make an announcement this weekend. Just remember that we are going to let the CCup3 finals participants start when they are ready. Also, if someone draws a play-in it could be a while before they are ready too. However, the clans that are ready to go can start once the draw is made. Their delay will just be in a later round!

Ok raz is offline and don't know if he will make it for that discussion. So can i put a 3rd option foward that tffs move up like what is happening and the clans playing the playin out of the losers the clan who has best ranking score on f400 for there match up gets the place. You want a rush vote but it is the weekendand i think it would be better delaying the draw for 1week to let clans talk about what option they wantmany clans could be the same as aka where we dont have time to talk about our vote

The draw is complete. A new bracket has been posted. I will be sending out a pm tonight to the clans that can start. Those matches that can start will need to have their threads ready, first set created and joined, and exchanged with the opposing clan on or before Sunday May 26. The other matches will start on or before 14 days from the match-up being determined. The CDs will track the progress and update everyone accordingly. Thanks!

Is there going to be some kind of deadline for the two clans still in CC3? If it's the winner of that war that gets the bye, that may not happen for quite a while. The Semifinals took 3 months and 4 months to finish.

chapcrap wrote:Is there going to be some kind of deadline for the two clans still in CC3? If it's the winner of that war that gets the bye, that may not happen for quite a while. The Semifinals took 3 months and 4 months to finish.

I suspect the CC3 finals will at least be decided much faster than that. I'd guess by mid June we should at least be close to a decision. 3rd batch of games are exchanged today and will start later on this week.